All faith consists essentially in the recognition of a world of spiritual values behind, yet not apart from, the world of natural phenomena.

No Christian can be a pessimist, for Christianity is a system of radical optimism.

The great discovery of the nineteenth century, that we are of one blood with the lower animals, has created new ethical obligations which have not yet penetrated the public conscience. The clerical profession has been lamentably remiss in preaching this obvious duty.

All faith consists essentially in the recognition of a world of spiritual values behind, yet not apart from, the world of natural phenomena.

Many people believe that they are attracted by God, or by Nature, when they are only repelled by man.

The soul is dyed by the color of its leisure hours.

Democracy is only an experiment in government, and it has the obvious disadvantage of merely counting votes instead of weighing them.